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Freshman Treon Harris is Florida Gators’ No. 2 QB

GAINESVILLE – Will Muschamp released Florida’s depth chart for the Gators season opener against Idaho on Saturday. Although there still remains a position battle at kicker, punter and offensive guard, UF settled the backup quarterback competition on Tuesday.
Freshman Treon Harris will be UF’s No. 2 quarterback after he, freshman Will Grier and redshirt sophomore Skyler Mornhinweg battled for the position throughout fall camp.

However, the decision to keep Harris as Jeff Driskel’s primary backup is far from permanent.
“We met through the weekend and talked moving forward and felt like Treon has some things he can provide for us offensively, but that’s nothing that’s made for the long term,” Muschamp said. “No one’s been redshirted. No decisions have been made with Will Grier, Skyler Mornhinweg or anyone else. All of those guys did some good things and we’re going to move forward from week-to-week on that situation there.”
Earlier in fall camp, Muschamp said ideally one of the freshmen would assume the backup role while the other was redshirted in order to build strength and work on fundamentals.
But on Tuesday, the Gators head coach said Grier is still “on the bubble” as far as playing.
“I’d like to (redshirt one of the freshmen) in a perfect world, but at the end day it’s a long season,” Muschamp said. “Again, there was not enough separation right now for us to make a definite decision on anything at this point.”
Driskel echoed Muschamp’s message to the media that the position is not cemented for the season, but the veteran quarterback added Harris gives Florida a few more options on offense because of his versatility.
“I think Treon gives us a little bit more as far as short yardage packages or coming in wildcat kind of deals,” Driskel said.
Harris is expected to play at quarterback as early as the second quarter on Saturday.